AFP, Jerusalem :
The Israeli air force hit the Gaza Strip early today for the second time in three days after new rocket fire from the territory hit southern Israel, the military said.
It was the third time Israel had staged retaliatory air strikes in Gaza in the past fortnight, with each raid following rocket fire on the Israeli south, raising fears of a new confrontation with Palestinian militants.
Aircraft hit “terrorist infrastructure” in northern Gaza, a military statement said.
The Israeli government also ordered the closure until further notice of the Erez crossing for people and the Kerem Shalom crossing for goods.
Only medical cases and humanitarian aid will be allowed through, it said.
Palestinian security sources and witnesses said the air force targeted a training site belonging to Hamas’s armed wing, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, in the northern Beit Lahiya area.
The Israeli air force hit the Gaza Strip early today for the second time in three days after new rocket fire from the territory hit southern Israel, the military said.
It was the third time Israel had staged retaliatory air strikes in Gaza in the past fortnight, with each raid following rocket fire on the Israeli south, raising fears of a new confrontation with Palestinian militants.
Aircraft hit “terrorist infrastructure” in northern Gaza, a military statement said.
The Israeli government also ordered the closure until further notice of the Erez crossing for people and the Kerem Shalom crossing for goods.
Only medical cases and humanitarian aid will be allowed through, it said.
Palestinian security sources and witnesses said the air force targeted a training site belonging to Hamas’s armed wing, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, in the northern Beit Lahiya area.
